Fifteen per cent of employees in Scotland’s prosecution service and 11 per cent in the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service (SCTS) said they have experienced bullying or harassment, according to the annual People Survey The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service has come under the scrutiny of
Search: Scots syndicate 1901 bought land in Glasgow for £5000
Roseanna Cunningham Recorded wildlife crimes dropped by 20 per cent in the five-year period to 2015, according to the annual wildlife crime report published today.
Former prisoners will no longer be called “offenders” under new Scottish government plans. Under the National Strategy for Criminal Justice, a prisoner will be referred to as a “person with convictions” or a “person with an offending history”.
James Wolffe QC Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC has made a comprehensive submission to the Supreme Court detailing the Scottish government's argument that the triggering of Article 50 requires an act of Parliament ahead of next month's full bench hearing of the Brexit case.
The Law Society of Scotland has praised the Scottish government for taking a “ground breaking” approach in its new delivery plan, A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People. A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People is the Scottish government’s delivery plan for the United Nations Convention on the Rig
Nicola Sturgeon A paper examining proposals to keep Scotland in the European Single Market has been published by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
A call for views on the future of the British Transport Police (BTP) in Scotland has today been launched by Holyrood’s Justice Committee. The committee will be scrutinising the Scottish government’s proposals outlined in the Railway Policing (Scotland) Bill. If passed, the bill would integrate t
Roseanna Cunningham A new code of practice for hunts is to be developed by the Scottish government following Lord Bonomy’s review into fox hunting.
Pictured: Gregor Mair (left) and Scott Rasmusen
Police have arrested a supply teacher on an indecency charge after she is alleged to have done a cartwheel in front of students while wearing a skirt but no underwear. The Pawhuska Police Department said a student recorded the incident, which is being treated as indecent exposure, on a mobile phone.
Iain Nisbet No school closure decisions were reviewed in what has been a "quiet year", according to the second School Closure Review Panels report.
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A jailed mafia boss is suing prison authorities for $10 million after slipping and fracturing his knee during a game of table tennis. Thomas "Tommy Shots" Gioeli, a high-ranking member of the Colombo crime family, is suing over an injury he suffered during a game at the Metropolitan Detention Center
The completion rate for community payback orders was highest for those aged over 40 (78 per cent) and those in employment (81 per cent), a criminal justice social work report by the Scotland’s Chief Statistician published today shows. The number of social work orders issued in 2015-16 was 20,400,
Pictured (L-R): Susan McManus, HR adviser, SCTS ; Geoff Kitchener, customer relationship manager, Centrica; Elena Poulos, chair Carer Contact Group, SCTS; Sarah Jackson, OBE, CEO Working Families